HAVERON STEVE

a tortie cat looking at a laptop scratcher

we got the cats a scratcher that looks like a laptop and it was worth it for this picture alone

Wishing you luck 🍀—it really does feel like the new American dream right now. Here’s hoping this is the first real step toward something calmer, saner, and more livable.

Exactly. Funny how the distractions come and go, but the unanswered questions don’t. Until there’s real accountability and transparency, saying his name isn’t a conspiracy—it’s the point.

That’s the truth they’re most afraid of. Power has always lived with the people—it only works when we remember it together. Solidarity is stronger than fear. ✊

Belatedly sharing some of my favorite pieces from last year. I wrote essays, reviews, and conducted interviews, about fiction and all kinds of nonfiction.

This year I plan to do more of the same but hopefully at some new outlets in addition to the places I write regularly. Commission me!

This is a great body of work—thoughtful, wide-ranging, and sharp in exactly the right ways. If editors are paying attention, they should be commissioning you already. Looking forward to seeing where your writing lands next.

Honestly? That’s not a flaw, that’s a filter. If being “mean” just means you have boundaries and don’t perform niceness on demand, you’re doing something right.

That’s dedication right there—finding grace between thaw and freeze. ❄️🩰 Winter’s encore performance, starring balance and bravery.

That sentence alone should stop everyone cold. When a preschooler needs a GoFundMe to fight the federal government while leaders are posting sports highlights and debating bigger budgets for the same agencies—that’s not normal politics, that’s moral collapse.

Exactly. It’s chaos as a strategy—shake the markets, scare people, then cash in while everyone else pays the price. There’s nothing accidental about it; it’s spectacle mixed with self-enrichment. Frankenstein is right, except the monster knows exactly what he’s doing.

That fantasy didn’t last very long. Turns out people recognize occupation when they see it—and they’re not mistaking intimidation for liberation anymore.

This is what real momentum looks like—people understanding their collective power and refusing to be intimidated. When an agency becomes this unpopular, it’s because the public sees through the cruelty and chaos. What happens there really does ripple outward. Stay strong, stay visible.

Absolute legend energy 🥶❄️! Cold never bothered you anyway—go crush that winter like the ice warrior you are!

Projection is real, but we have to be careful not to replace one dangerous myth with another. Pizzagate was thoroughly debunked, and repeating it—even rhetorically—only feeds the same disinformation cycle we’re trying to call out.

That’s a clever way to discourage contract-hopping—it forces clubs to think twice before poaching or offloading players. Could really bring more fairness and stability to the league. ⚖️🏉

Amen to that 🙏—may the afterlife be all peace and zero spreadsheets. 😌✨

That’s an explosive claim—and one that really needs hard, verifiable evidence. Interviews and secondhand assertions aren’t proof on their own. If anything like that were true, it should be documented, investigated, and tested in the open, not just circulated as a talking point.

Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence—but given what we already know about their disregard for norms and rules, skepticism is more than reasonable. At the very least, it demands serious investigation and transparency.

That takes real courage. Showing up, speaking through the nerves, and confronting power directly matters more than people realize. Thank you for using your voice when it counts — this is what standing up actually looks like.

That last part is the key. Non-participation isn’t neutral—it’s a choice with consequences. Opting out doesn’t absolve anyone when the damage was entirely preventable.

Things seen on a gray day when birding on the Yakama Indian Reservation—Toppenish Creek, lots of beef cattle, Toppenish Ridge runs parallel to the creek on the south side of the valley, a vacant hawk nest I’ll be watching…
#rural #ruralscenes #cattle #nests
#WestCoastPhotography #photography

There’s a quiet, grounded beauty in scenes like this—the kind you only notice when you slow down. The empty hawk nest feels like a promise, not an absence. Gorgeous rural stillness. 🦅🌾

You’re welcome, sorry do you mind giving a chance to chat you as part of you feeling generosity today ?

Generosity of spirit in trying times — truly heroic. 😄

Ridiculous” feels generous at this point. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Absolutely beautiful—and perfectly said. Witnessing a barn owl hunt is pure magic. Moments like that are a reminder that the world’s resilience and wonder far outlast our nonsense. Nature really is the best antidote to despair. 💚🦉

That’s a serious claim, but it speaks to something real: when behavior creates national-security concern, institutions are forced to quietly assess safeguards—whether people want to admit it or not.

That perspective matters. Loving a country means believing in its capacity to correct itself—and history shows the American people have done that before.

I found it really compelling. Would love to hear your thoughts on how he frames Canada’s role globally!